We awoke to a beautiful morning. Everyone did their own breakfast. Cathy and I sat outside with Mark and had coffee and donuts while talking. Willy came out after breakfast. He cleaned up the dog food on the ground that the previous campers left. Willy and Gerry were the first to leave at about 10:00 […]
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Wednesday 6-24-20 Camping with WIT friends at Belmont Park
I left home at 2:00 PM Wednesday for two nights of camping with WIT Nodak Flickertails Winnebago Club at Belmont Park 10 miles east of Buxton on the Red River. When I got there the campers moving to the opposite end site hadn’t moved yet. They got busy and moved and we moved in. Only […]
Sunday 4-5-20 First Day at Home and Self Quarantine
Nice day, sunny and 45F. Still tabulating info on trip. Watched several YouTube videos about RVs and the Corona Virus. In one, RVer TV, he was at Lake Havasu City. He filmed driving through Line Tree and you can see our motorhome. The BLM says Quartzite is at capacity based on Social Distancing. Kathryn said […]
Saturday 4-4-20 Final Leg of Trip Home
Sunny, partly cloudy day. Overnight low 20F. Wind 10 to 20 mph from SE. High in Buxton today was 30F. Spent the night parked in front of Flying J Set the alarm for 6:00AM. Got up when alarm went off and checked temperature and House Batteries. Temp was 62F and Batteries full at 12.6 vdc. […]
Friday 4-3-20 Concordia, KS to Sioux Falls, SD
Storm overnight. At 3:10AM we were awakened by heavy sleet on the roof, rain and thunder. Lasted an hour. Joy barked the whole time. Got down to 26F and the wind was continuous. This what is what it looked like when I got up Made coffee and toasted a bagel. Checked things out on Internet […]
Thursday 4-2-20 Guymon, NM to Concordia, KS
Stayed warm overnight. Low was 47F. Cloudy and windy this morning. Temp in Concordia, KS 44F at 6:00PM. Got up made coffee and toasted a bagel. Walked Joy. Went into Walmart and bought Black Cartridge for printer. Printed route for today. Left Guymon at 10:00AM. Headed north on US-54 into Kansas. 40mph wind from the […]
Wednesday 4-1-20 Gallup, NM to Guymon, OK
Overcast day, but warm. Overnight low in Gallup was 43F, however the motorhome was 58F when I got up. Albuquerque was 70F as we went through. Guymon was 70F at 11:00PM. Got up and went out and started Equinox. Every thing was normal. Toasted a bagel and made coffee. Walked Joy. We left the Gallup […]
Tuesday 3-31-20 We Get to Gallup, NM
Overcast, but nice this morning in Lake Havasu City. Overnight low was 58F. It stayed warm as we headed east to Flagstaff where it was 63F and Gallup where it was 64F at 10:30PM. Got up made coffee and ate peanut butter cookies. I was out of bagels. Cathy walked Joy. At 9;00AM we went […]
Monday 3-30-20 Leave Fort Irwin – Stop at Lone Tree BLM
Another perfect day at Fort Irwin. No clouds and no wind. Overnight low was 48F. Although we weren’t there the high was 74F. High at Lake Havasu City, where we ended up was 76F. Got up, made coffee and toasted a bagel. Moved some more things around in motorhome. Filled the fresh water tank and […]
Sunday 3-29-20 Got Motorhome Ready to Go
Crummy day. Cloudy, 20 mph wind and cool. Overnight low was 42F. The high today was 64F, but didn’t warm up until late afternoon when the sun came out. It was calm after dark. Watched the Sunday Fox News shows and Governor Cuomo press conference. Finished the radio cable and installed the radio in the […]